Published in Microtica·Pinned7 Awesome Open Source Alternatives worth checking out in 2023The open-source community is a thriving ecosystem of people who share their knowledge and resources with each other in order to make the world a better place. …Open Source7 min readOpen Source7 min read
Published in Microtica·PinnedThe best way to move your apps from Heroku to AWS — MicroticaAs Heroku discontinues its free tier, developers are looking at AWS as an alternative, but lack the same development experience. For companies considering migration from Heroku to AWS to satisfy their requirements, the flexibility of AWS can be pretty overwhelming. …AWS3 min readAWS3 min read
Published in Microtica·Pinned5 Reasons to Choose Microtica as a Heroku Alternative For Your ProjectsHeroku is one of the first cloud platforms on the market that changed the way developers interact with the cloud forever. It offers developers a way to build, deploy, and manage applications quickly and easily. It is said to be one of the most popular choices for startups. …Heroku5 min readHeroku5 min read
Published in Microtica·Jan 23Self-host an n8n automation on AWS (email newsletter example)n8n is a workflow automation tool that enables you to quickly and easily create and manage workflows for your tasks. You can use n8n’s integrations to automate any task across your team, whether it’s development or marketing related. This brings huge benefits to the organization, like improved communication and coordination…N 8 N7 min readN 8 N7 min read
Published in Microtica·Dec 12, 2022Deploy an e-commerce Medusa Server on AWS for FREEMedusa is an open-source, Node.js e-commerce alternative to Shopify. Medusa is composed of three components: a headless backend engine that holds all the logic and data of the store and exposes APIs to communicate with the admin and storefront. The Medusa Server an admin dashboard that allows store operators to…Medusajs5 min readMedusajs5 min read
Published in Microtica·Nov 24, 2022A step-by-step tutorial on how to deploy a Strapi and React app on AWSThe combination of Strapi and React can be very powerful for developers that want to create blazing fast and scalable solutions. In this article we’ll deploy a Strapi CMS and a ReactJS starter on AWS, using Microtica’s production-ready templates. Why deploy Strapi + React on AWS? Here are some of the reasons why it would be a…Strapi5 min readStrapi5 min read
Published in Microtica·Nov 15, 2022Deploy a React app on Amazon EKS in less than 20 minsReact is one of the most popular, most used, and according to The State of Frontend report, the most loved frontend framework by developers. In this article we’ll deploy a ReactJS application on a Kubernetes cluster on AWS, using Microtica’s production-ready templates. Why deploy React on Kubernetes? Here are some of the reasons why it…Reactjs5 min readReactjs5 min read
Published in Microtica·Nov 3, 2022Deploy a Next.js app on a Kubernetes Cluster on AWSNext.js is an open-source, React framework, that helps developers build web applications, with all the features you need for production — hybrid static & server rendering, TypeScript support, smart bundling, route pre-fetching, and more. In this article we’ll deploy a Next.js application on a Kubernetes cluster on AWS, using Microtica’s…Nextjs5 min readNextjs5 min read
Published in Microtica·Oct 20, 20224 Heroku Alternatives To Reduce CostsHuge operating costs are one of the most significant disadvantages that Heroku users experience. They start out small for startups, but as soon as serious resources are needed, costs pile up pretty quickly. The moment your app starts scaling and your business begins to grow, is exactly when you should…AWS7 min readAWS7 min read
Published in Microtica·Oct 10, 2022How to Migrate Your Strapi App From Heroku to AWSThis is a step-by-step tutorial on how to migrate your existing Strapi project from Heroku to AWS, using Microtica’s ready-made Strapi infrastructure template. This guide applies to developers that have a running application on Heroku with PostgreSQL or MySQL database and covers: Setup of Strapi infrastructure on AWS Migrating PostgreSQL/MySQL…Heroku6 min readHeroku6 min read
